The French Empire Between the Wars: Imperialism, Politics and Society

by Martin Thomas

By considering the distinctiveness of the inter-war years as a discrete period of colonial change, this book addresses several larger issues, such as tracing the origins of decolonization in the rise of colonial nationalism, and a re-assessment of the impact of inter-war colonial rebellions in Africa, Syria and Indochina. The book also connects French theories of colonial governance to the lived experience of colonial rule in a period scarred by war...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719077559
• ISBN13: 9780719077555
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"